If you don't get a good school in the lottery what will you do?
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Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
Let us know how you get on, and what the going rate is. |
Anonymous
Definitely offer to chair the auction when you cut your deal. |
Anonymous
| PS3 parent- daycare for another year, although that will really hurt financially (will have two in daycare at the same time). |
Anonymous
| considering both moving and private if don't get into a decent PK3. lottery chances for PK4 are greatly reduced so will start looking to move now if lottery results suck while interest rates are still low. I wonder how many people move from DC b/c they don't get into a good public or charter school? |
Anonymous
Got in top lottery chose by Pre-K 4. Chances may lessen a bit, but aren't impossible. The only reason I'd move now is because of the question of interest rates. Otherwise, give another year a chance. |
Anonymous
| Everyone will get in somewhere for PS 3 and PK 4, and if you don't, consider your IB school for those two years. I've heard consistently good results across the city for the 3 and 4 year old program. Then keep playing, rinse, repeat. |
Anonymous
| We struck out for both PK3 and PK4 but ended up very happy at our IB. Then got into our #1 (MV) for K and I now feel we've had the best of all worlds. |
Anonymous
| Oh one more year of daycare expenses won't kill us. There is even a Spanish/Mandarin immersion daycare in NE DC we just became aware of (targeting immersion). |
Anonymous
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This is for PK-4: We already were waitlisted at the private schools we applied for this year. It depends on the school but I might take a second look at the "lower" tier schools we had on our list.
Then most likely move to upper NW or Arlington for K. |
Anonymous
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My kid is already in K and it's okay for K but not for 1st and above. Wonder what the likelihood is that any of the *hot* charters and OOBs schools will have an opening for first...
-OP, who does not want to move or pay for private .. 
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Anonymous
| Taking child out of private that I can't afford, and not moving. At worst, we'll get into our IB, unless its popularity has shot up the way of Powell, but I think we're 2-3 years away still from that. Our IB has pros and cons and unknowns. |
Anonymous
| We're only in PK3, so I'd just keep my kid in her daycare center, which has a PK3 program. |
Anonymous
+1! |
Anonymous
Well bully for them. My kid is in first grade at a terrible school after loosing out on the lottery FOUR TIMES. I'm moving. A "safe" school? The safe schools are safe because they aren't good. |